Moral degradation among Israeli authorities taking turn for worse

Tel Aviv is going to have a gay mayor. Parliament member Nitzan Horowitz, the Israeli party Meretz's candidate for the job in Tuesday's municipal elections, is trying to become the first openly gay person to head an Israeli city.

Horowitz, 48, made headlines around the world in May when he declared his candidacy in the Middle East's gay capital.

Other ads show off Michal Eden, a former Meretz council member and declared lesbian.

"A gay city deserves a gay mayor," she says in the ads.

Meretz isn't the only party celebrating its gay candidates; centrist party Yesh Atid boasts two. Yesh Atid's leaders regularly speak out in support of the gay community and gay marriage.